Welcome to Simon Elementary School

A message from Principal Eborn:

March is recognized as the month we celebrate the past, present, and future accomplishments of women around the world. At Simon Elementary, we honor every woman that serves in any capacity to promote learning and growth for our scholars. To every mother, aunt, caregiver, guardian, and any woman in any role that supports a scholar within our school - Thank you!

Can you believe that we are almost entering into the 3^rd term of the SY 22-23?? It has been a challenging, but successful year and we are looking forward to finishing off strong. For students in grades 3-5, we are gearing up for our big summative assessment, PARCC, which will start in April. Be on the lookout for more information about how you can partner with us to ensure your student(s) are adequately prepared.

Please find updates and “News You Can Use” outlined below for the month of March. Let’s continue to work together to ensure all our Lions continue to add B.A.S.S. to their R.O.A.R.

March 9th- No School Parent Teacher Conferences

March 10^th - No School Teacher Professional Development Day

Match 13th- Vision to Learn Program (Vision Screening)

Immunization Information

To attend schools, students must be current with their immunizations. Immunization compliance is documented by submitting a completed Universal Health Certificate to the school at the time of enrollment. A series of medical forms, DCPS School Enrollment Packet.pdf, should be turned in to the school as part of the enrollment process, and any updated forms throughout the school year should be submitted to the school nurse.

DCPS Anti-Discrimination Statement

DCPS recently issued a new DCPS Anti-Discrimination Policy. To ensure our school communities are aware of DCPS’ commitment to preventing and addressing discrimination, all schools are required to update their school websites with this anti-discrimination statement and translations
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and submit confirmation of their update using this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1uUVDaL0mkSlvFQBiXDPixyBfXtmV62nDVCMFdIX5j4w. Please note that this information must be placed in a highly visible location on your school’s website and changes must comply with website accessibility standards. Website accessibility standards require that web content is accessible to blind users, deaf users and those who must navigate by voice, screen readers or other assistive technology. (Update: Spanish, Amharic and Chinese translations now available)

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Partnership & Program

Hello Partners,

We are continuously recruiting volunteer tutors to support our school partner sites across the city. This school year we are working to engage over 2,000 plus volunteers to serve our students. We are soliciting your assistance in this endeavor and asking if you can please share our recruitment needs in your flyers, newsletters, parent announcements, weekly emails, etc. Our Program Coordinators, Program Managers and other staff on-site can also provide assistance and answer any immediate questions if needed.

Please find below our QR code that directs individuals to our website to register to volunteer. If emailing is preferred, individuals can also send an email to volunteerDC@readingpartners.org. Please share with your network and community.

We also would like to invite your network and community to participate in our family workshops.

RP Child Psychology Workshop: Child Play Therapy and Rational Sign Up

This initial general session will preview how trauma can impact the behaviors we see in our students and how we can use child play therapy principles to redirect these behaviors and help establish good relationships with our students. Please share and use the above hyperlink to register.

Thank you in advance for your support and sharing this with your network.